Improvement in corn-plows



T. DILLON.

Corn Plow.

No. 84,094. Patented Nov. 17, 1868.

a'tent' dime.

THOMAS'DILLON, OF HIGHLAND, OHIO;

7 Letters Patent No. 84,094, dated November 17, 1868.

ILEPROVEMENT IN CORN-FLOWS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concem Be it knownthat I, THOMAS DILLON, of Highland, in the county of Highland, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Plow; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. v

The nature of my inventioneonsists in the construction and general arrangement of a plow, but more particularly in the plow-blade, which is adapted to any kind of plow, whether single or double-shovel, sulkyplow, or subsoilen' In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the plow, and

Figures 2 and 3, side views of plow-blades belonging to the same.

A represents the centre-beam, to the front end of which the team is attached, At the rear end of this beam is an upright or nearly upright bar, B, secured, which, at its upper end, is fastened to a crossbar, O. This crossbar connects and braces the handles D I), the front ends of which are secured at suitable points to the beam A.

Near the rear end of the beam A is a slot through the same, from the upper to the lower side, in which slot'the upper end of the plow-beam E is pivoted. At

shown at fig. 3, and this tenon is passed'through a hole or slot in the plow G. A small wedge is then inserted in'a hole in said tenon, under the plow-blade, holding the samefirnily to the beam.

The plow-blade G is flat on its under or bottom side,

' and, the upper side bevelled from the centredown to the edges, as shown in fig. 1. The plow-blade is also bevelled from the front edge, forming a sharp point in the centre.

Instead of the flat shovel G, I may substitute a crookedplow-blade, H, fig. 2,-which is provided on its rear side with a lug or ear, I, and is attached to the plow-beam E, by means of a bolt passing through said lug, and through the beam. The edges of the crooked plow-blade H are also bevelled from the point to the rear, forming on the front side a flat curved surface.

A barrow, K, is planed in rear of the plow-beam E, in the position shown in fig. 1, said barrow having an arm or handle, M, extending upwards. This arm is slotted at its upper end, and, adjusted on the bar B by means of a bolt and nut, so that the barrow can be raised or lowered at will.

Two braces, L L, are secured to the barrow K, which braces extend forward, one on each side of the beam A,'and are secured to the same by the sanTebolt which adjusts the bent arm F. 7

It will thus be seen that the harrow can be put on or taken off at pleasure.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isv 1. The tenoncd plow-beam E, pivoted in the head: A, and'provided with a bent arm,F, by which it is adjusted at any height desired, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The curved plow-blade H, provided with an ear or lug, I, for the purpose of attaching it to the plowbeain E, substantially as herein set forth. 7

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 31st day of August, 1868.

THOS. DILLON.

"Witnesses:

J OHN S. WRIGHT, Lizzm KELLY. 

